Schedule Management 20Q Test

This is a randomized 20-question test on Schedule Management KA of PMBoK

Question 1 of 20

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. While estimating the resources, he is identifying the resources for activities at the leaf nodes of the activity breakdown structure and then aggregating the resources at summary activities and then at the project level. What estimation method is Barry likely to be using:

1. Bottom up estimation

2. Analogous estimation

3. Parametric estimation

4. Top down estimation

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Question 2 of 20

Please refer to the above network diagram. The diagram indicates that between task B and task C

1. A lag of 5 days has been introduced for the start of task C

2. Task C must start 5 days before the finish of task B

3. Task C must start before 5 days after the finish of task B

4. There is a lead of 5 days

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Question 3 of 20

lease refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Late Start and Late Finish for task B are –

1. 6, 11

2. 3, 8

3. 5, 10

4. 11,16

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Question 4 of 20

An estimation method uses the following formula

Estimate = (O + M + P) / 3

Where

O = Optimistic Estimate

M = Most likely estimate

P = Pessimistic estimate

This method is of the following type among estimation methodologies:

1. 3 point estimate with PERT distribution

2. Statistical estimation because is uses likelihoods

3. 3 point estimate with triangular distribution

4. Parametric estimation because it uses a formula

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Question 5 of 20

Which of the following statements is true about Critical paths

1. The length of the critical path indicates the maximum time that the project can take to complete

2. The Activity on node diagram of a project can have only one critical path

3. A critical path will always have zero float

4. A critical path has the longest duration in the network diagram

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Question 6 of 20

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the free float for task D is

1. 4 days

2. 6 days

3. 8 days

4. 2 days

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Question 7 of 20

The outcome of sequence activities is

1. Activity list

2. Project activity diagram

3. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

4. Project network diagram

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Question 8 of 20

In a circus, there is a stunt involving swinging. There are many swingers whose legs are anchored to the swing and their hands are free for stunts. There are free swingers who perform many stunts and swing between these Anchored swingers. One unit of activity of an anchored swinger starts by holding the free swinger, continues with performing the stunts and then finishes with the anchored swinger leaving the contact of free swinger. There is a dependency in this scenario that one anchored swinger can leave the contact of the free swinger only after another anchored swinger holds the free swinger. This dependency between the activities of anchored swingers is of type

1. SS

2. SF

3. FS

4. FF

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Question 9 of 20

The PERT estimate of duration for a task is 12 days which has an optimistic estimate of 6 days and a most likely estimate of 10 days. What is the pessimistic estimate?

1. 26 days

2. 14 days

3. 18 days

4. 16 days

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Question 10 of 20

10.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the critical path is –

1. A-D-G-H

2. A-E-F-G-H

3. A-B-C-H

4. A-E-F-H

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Question 11 of 20

11.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the Early Start and Early Finish for task C are –

1. 6, 11

2. 11, 16

3. 9, 14

4. 1,7

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Question 12 of 20

12.

1. It is a network diagram depicting a critical chain.

2. It is an incomplete network diagram

3. It is a network diagram depicting a critical path

4. What is the closest description of the network diagram above?

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Question 13 of 20

13.

Which of the following statement is TRUE with respect to the relationship between scope and activity definition

1. Activity definition and scope base line have no relationship at all

2. Defining activities is a pre-requisite to base lining scope

3. Scope base line is an input to defining activities

4. WBS is part of scope base line and activities are part of WBS base line.

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Question 14 of 20

14.

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He is working on the schedule and has just finished the RBS for the project. What process is he likely to have completed

1. Estimate Durations

2. Estimate costs

3. Plan Risk management

4. Estimate resources

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Question 15 of 20

15.

Barry is a project manager in Stoc Advisaries Inc. He is currently involved in a major upgrade to their customer facing application stock-advise. He has currently completed estimating resources for this project. What could he possibly do next:

1. Get budget approval

2. Baseline the schedule

3. Plan Human Resource Management

4. Estimate costs

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Question 16 of 20

16.

The number of days by which a task can be delayed without delaying any of its successor tasks is called

1. Float

2. Slack

3. Free Float

4. Total Float

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Question 17 of 20

17.

Please refer to the network diagram above. In this network diagram, the float for task D is

1. 6 days

2. 4 days

3. 8 days

4. 2 days

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Question 18 of 20

18.

Which of the following statements is NOT true with respect to activity resource estimation process:

1. The output of the activity resource estimate process includes RBS

2. Activity resource estimation is carried out independent of cost estimates

3. Activity duration estimate is carried out after activity resources are estimated

4. Cost is estimated based on activity resource and duration estimates but is fed back to refine activity resource estimation

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Question 19 of 20

19.

Tom is leading a project which is in the planning phase. And based on statistical samplings, he has determined that for a specific case, the optimistic duration estimate is 4 days, most likely estimate is 7 days and the pessimistic estimate is 9 days. What would be the 3-point estimate according to PERT distribution?

1. 6.7 days

2. 6.83 days

3. 7.5 days

4. 7 days

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Question 20 of 20

20.

Backward pass is a method

1. To determine the late start and late finish of each task in the network diagram

2. To determine the float of each task in the critical path

3. To determine the early start and early finish of all the tasks in the network diagram

4. To determine the late start and late finish of only the tasks in the critical path

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